Useful Information About FileMaker Cloud

[Steven H. Blackwell]

These may prove useful:

http://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-cloud/specifications.html

http://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-cloud/compare.html

 

Steven H. Blackwell

[bruceR]

 Note that there is no mention of Web Direct in those documents. So the apparent conclusion is that it is not supported.

[bcooney]

But WebDirect is supported. External Authentication is not, and that ends it for my clients. 

[bruceR]

 I am actually aware that WebDirect is supported. Not stating this in an important first-glance comparison chart seems like a mistake. Agreed also that lack of External Authentication is a problem.

[bcooney]

Huge problem. Deal breaker for me. No way I'm scripting accounts in a multi-file system. I've setup my dev environment on AWS and so I expect they'll have Ext. Auth. in the future.

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Please remember this is a 1.0 version.  There is, I believe, a high likelihood that future versions will have added features and functionalities:

http://fmforums.com/blogs/entry/1629-filemaker-cloud/#comment-108

Steven

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Recommended reading about FileMaker Cloud:

 

http://www.soliantconsulting.com/blog/2016/09/filemaker-cloud-executive-summary

by Wim Decorte.

 

 

Steven

[xochi]

For me, the lack of server-side-schedules is a deal-breaker.   But, as you say, it's a version 1 product.  Hoping they add this in the future.

[Ocean West]

What's the process for converting BYOL and if you don't like it converting back your license back to FBA AVLA?

[Claus Lavendt]

On 9/30/2016 at 2:47 PM, Ocean West said:

What's the process for converting BYOL and if you don't like it converting back your license back to FBA AVLA?

FileMaker Cloud needs a special license key. If you have a valid license contract, that includes server, you can get a converted license key by contacting FileMaker Support.